basketball never sleeps

Chapter 209 No, buddy, you don't really want to win, do you?
"If you look back at the established superstars, they all fell in the first round of the playoffs."

"The second-year O'Neal made it to the playoffs for the first time and was zero blocked by the Pacers;
Reggie Miller, who has entered the playoffs 13 times, was sent home 0:3 by the 'bad boys' for the first time;

The 'Smiling Assassin' averaged a double-double and inevitably fell to the Knicks;
Miko was lucky and stole a victory in the playoffs for the first time, but it took him 4 years to breathe the air of the second round;
The savior of Minnesota also took 7 years to break through the bottleneck of the first round, and McGrady won two scoring champions, but still could not win a ticket to the second round... Needless to say . "

"So - as an absolute core, James, who can break through the first round in the playoffs for the first time in his career, his greatness is beyond doubt!"

In a basketball chat on ESPN, several expert hosts are holding up photos of James swaying chalk.

Averaged 30+ per game, two triple-doubles, and the remaining few games were quasi-triple-doubles. Even if he lost, James' statistics are still very good...

Regardless of the performance in the game, from the data analysis, these experts really see the hope of Xiao Azhan surpassing Danzi.

As for the game—

"Many people may doubt the strength of the Pacers because of their successive losses and their gradual decline in the playoffs, but you must also know that they lost to either the championship team or the runner-up team in the past three years, which is shameful. ?"

"In the first two games, when James found that he could not win with talent alone, he adjusted and learned quickly. He learned how to trust his teammates and created scoring opportunities for his teammates one after another."

"Think about it in G2, at the last critical moment, James managed to pass the ball to Marshall, the outsider who was surrounded by heavy double-teams. In the end, the team missed the chance to tie the score at the last minute, otherwise the Cavaliers might have won faster."

"James was very angry at the time, and everyone could tell from the expression behind him staring at Marshall, but James is not a person like Jordan Kobe who does not allow his teammates to make mistakes, and he will leave the next opportunity to Marshall. From this point of view Look, he has a natural affinity for leadership."

"In the life-and-death battle of G3, James didn't make a single shot in the first half of the quarter. Of course, James' frustration is fundamentally different from Kobe's. This is also a sign of his maturity. He understands that victory in the playoffs cannot rely solely on personal strength. This, It took Jordan four or five years to realize it, and James only took two games, from this, you can see how amazing his talent is!"

Wade in front of the TV scratched his cheeks.

Small pupils, big puzzles.

Obviously he has watched the game, why does it feel that the commentary is still so unfamiliar?

It turns out that the last-minute throw-away was a "natural leader affinity", and was it a "sign of maturity" to pass the ball all the time if he was not well defended?
He looked at Mo Wen in confusion.

Mo Wen, on the other hand, yawned disapprovingly.

Where is this going?

Isn't it just a million points of modification?

The stars were originally held out.

Averaged 30+ per game to pass the first round, don't say it's not exaggerated, it's black if it's not exaggerated.

Compared with those CJBs who failed to make the playoffs or fell in the first round, Ajan's first-round performance can indeed be called excellent.

No matter what "mature and rational" or "disrespectful" choices and actions he makes in the future, Azhan only fell in the first round once in his career, which is not to be blamed.

Mo Wen thought of something for a while, picked up the local media newspaper in the morning and rummaged through it.

He easily found the sports section, pointed to one, and handed it to Wade.

It wrote an article praising Wade's stinking feet, evaluating someone's completely inaccurate three-pointers and mid-range shots that relied on the sky as "top nerve knife", and described someone's breakthrough as surpassing Jordan's jump shot. Incomprehensible magical skills, and the passion that is enough to "ignite Miami", it is almost a crown for Wade to wear.

That pile of adjectives is like randomly picking out an Oxford dictionary.

It also emphasized that Wade is the absolute core of the Heat-because Wade scored the most points.

Wade looked at the contents of the newspaper without changing his expression, and nodded in approval.Excluding 1/5 of the complex words that he doesn't understand very well and blacks don't often use, the description inside is quite accurate.

"This article is really well written, very high level, which reporter wrote it? I think he can do an exclusive interview with me later!"

Mo Wen rolled his eyes, and asked you to look in the mirror, are you still so pretty?

"Dwyane, if you want to be truly respectable, you must learn to be honest!"

He patted Wade on the shoulder meaningfully.

"Ha, where was I being dishonest? Why, don't you think this article is well written?"

Wade pouted. A man's biceps don't need to be hard, his waist doesn't need to be hard, and the "stretch belt" doesn't need to be hard, but the upper and lower sphincters must be hard!
Ao Pang, who was watching the excitement, walked along the newspaper curiously, and admired it with Walker next to him. He couldn't help laughing after only two glances.

The advantage of the black skin was reflected at this time. Although Wade's cheeks were big, he still couldn't see his blush.

"What are you laughing at, what's so funny!"

"Fuck, Mo, come on, let's go heads-up with me! I'll let you see today, who is the true leader of the Heat!" Wade smashed his fist angrily.

"Not yet, what are you looking for?"

"Shaq, did you see the key to the storage room?" Mo Wen glanced at the lounge. The key hadn't been used for a long time, and he forgot where he put it.

"Hell, I said basketball, basketball!"

Passing by the lounge, he saw the core who looked relaxed and slapstick, and smiled, while the assistant teacher who followed him showed a little worry on his face.

"Mr. Van Gundy, don't we really need to study the Cavaliers again? I think they are in a good state in the first round?"

"The Cavaliers have nothing to study, let James shoot and it's over."

Looking at the energetic players, Da Fan rubbed his red eyeballs, envious of the young people's energy.

Entering the playoffs, he started the sleepless video recorder mode again, but the research objects were only a few teams, the Pistons in the East, the Suns in the West, the Spurs and the Mavericks Lakers.

As for the knights?

Just see the simple offensive tactics and simple players at a glance, and still use analysis and research?
Of course, the injury plan still needs to be done.

If a few core players suffer from injuries, it may be more troublesome. In a healthy state, no matter how the media brags about Azhan's strength and the Cavaliers' tenacity, he will not take it to heart.

……

G6 is over, and most of the first rounds have been decided.

The Spurs won the Kings without any suspense. Da Zhi, who participated in the playoffs as the main player, performed well on the offensive end by relying on long-range fast breaks and above-level support. He can also make 1.8 three-pointers per game. Although he likes to mention the nickname "Chinese Noodles" on the defensive end, the Spurs' insiders are also very uncomfortable being pulled by him.

Looking at the entire series, his overall performance is better than that of Horry, who is also 3 million in 1000 years.

After 58 melons desperately won the next game to avoid being swept, they were also easily "black six" by the Clippers.

He entered the playoffs three times in three years, and was swept by the gentleman three times. The next time the 03 class is at a party, he can only hold his head up in front of Bosh.

Melon: Can you blame me? It's all Milicic's fault. It's not him. I'm wearing the championship ring now!No, I might even be a member of the Dynasty team now!

At the court near Wade's home, Milicic shook his head at Anthony after witnessing his gradually "streamlined" defense.

"Your offense is very strong, but as far as your defense is concerned, I guarantee that the old man will not give you more chances to play than me before garbage time comes."

Although the defense of Iverson and Miller, who have been the core under Larry Brown, is leaky, their defensive attitude is always in place.

And Anthony, who has gradually cultivated a superstar temper, is paying less and less attention to defense.

Most intuitively, Corey Maggette, who played against him in the playoffs, did not have a free throw whistle and his shooting percentage was 3% higher than that of the regular season when the defensive intensity of the interior rose sharply.

Melon was not convinced, and found Milicic for another afternoon, from the stadium to the boxing gym——

"Gigi (General Manager of the Nuggets), I have a buddy who plays very well. I feel that we are only one short of him in the second round!"

Applying ice packs to his eyes, Anthony held back his tears and comforted his general manager with a snort.

"Who? A rookie or a veteran?" Vandeweghe on the other end of the phone was also interested. The Nuggets didn't feel that there was any obvious weakness in the lineup in the past two years, but the chemistry between the players was not in place. If Anthony has a player he likes , trade over and try it out.

"The European big guy in my class, the one ahead of me in the draft, Dak Milicic."

Vandeweghe, who was still in high spirits just now, suddenly became depressed.

"Hello, are you listening?" Anthony felt a little strange when he heard that there was no response from the other end of the phone.

"I'm listening...Actually, I asked for the price of the Supersonic before, and they are willing to trade."

"Really!" Anthony's eyes lit up and widened... Trying to stretch his swollen eyelids, he asked in surprise, "Who are we going to pay? Kenyon, Marcus, Andre (Miller) or the draft right?"

"The opponent only accepts one chip and that is: Carmelo."

"Who?"

"Anthony Carmelo."

"Well, I'm here, my signal is fine."

"I mean—U!"

"..."

"Then can you trade me away and then trade me back?"

"..."

The first round of matches did not stop at G6, and there were still a pair of tie-breakers in the east and west.

The Nets and Wizards in the East are round-to-round battles, and the suspense is kept until the last minute of each game.

In the first 6 games, each game either had a lore or a lore defense, which can be called the most exciting first round in the past 10 years.

Finally, in G7, Carter finally brought himself back to the second round with a lore layup.

In the West, the Mavericks and the Lakers also staged exciting offensive and defensive battles, dragging the series into the tiebreaker.

Although I know that the Lakers who have been strengthened in advance are very strong, it is still shocking to be able to force the historical runner-up Mavericks to the tiebreaker.

But when you think about it, the Lakers in history were able to beat the Suns who had reached the Western Conference Finals 1-3 in the opening game, and finally dragged to the tiebreaker and were overturned. It seems that it is not particularly outrageous.

Paul is still a 75-year-old, and Sprewell is also a star. Even if he is not efficient, he is too old, but he has rich experience in the playoffs. With a substitute, he is definitely better than Luke Walton or Luke Walton. Strong like Devin George.

Coupled with Paul's addition to other Lakers players and control of Kobe above.

Maybe this year the Lakers really have hope...

Just when the Bass family thought they could earn him another few million tickets, the Mavericks didn't want to leave a shameful record of 60 wins in the first round, and they performed exceptionally bravely in the last stand.

Jr. Johnson gave the Mavericks five sets of tactics that played an important role: driver singles, Josh Howard singles, Terry singles, Harris singles and Stackhouse singles.

The five sets of tactics are intricate and similar to Zen Master's triangle offense.

In the end, the Mavericks successfully defeated the Lakers by virtue of Odom's excellent performance, a deep bench, and Paul's ankle sprain, and were lucky enough to advance.

Seeing the Mamba play in the first round again, Ao Pang was happy and wanted to have a party to celebrate.

Still being dissuaded by Mo Wen.

His fat can become a weakness that prompts Azhan to fight back, and it can also become a wall of sighs for Azhan's positional battle. If he wants to play for himself again, it will not be so easy to beat Azhan in the next round.

Not to mention, A-Zhan yelled the slogan "My goal has always been the championship" when he was interviewed two days ago.

This is really-

Bold!

……

After getting off the plane and smelling the familiar sea breeze, A-Zhan couldn't feel at ease in the slightest.

There is no acquaintance to pick him up, and he lives in a strange hotel. The waves pouring into his ears did not bring much peace to Azhan.

He came to witness the victory last year, but this year he came to take the victory (in name).

This puts him under a lot of pressure.

"Can we really perform miracles?"

In front of the media and his teammates, he maintained his self-confidence and acted like a leader. He was not intimidated by the strength of the Heat, and he still pursued the victory with high spirits.

Even though he didn't have a clue in his heart.

Just like what countless chicken soup masters said: Pretend to be who you want to be.

Many times, he is also pretending, hoping that one day he can integrate the mask with goat into his flesh and blood.

After the first round, he was greatly benefited from the compliments from the outside world, but those compliments stopped abruptly at a comma, and what was left behind was not the unfinished business, but Mo Wen and Wade.

Compared with other famous stars, his biggest advantage is his youth, and when discussing his age, Mo Wen and Wade cannot avoid being in the same class.

In the ongoing MVP selection, many people are talking about this.

His lack of qualifications and his failure to make the playoffs before Reid came to vote are not the biggest problems.

The biggest problem is that in this copy of the NBA, he has not passed the level of his peers!
In terms of scoring, Wade, who is slightly inferior on the books, is more efficient than him. In terms of organization, the historical genius Mo Wen is firmly on his head. In terms of rebounding, both Bosh and Milicic are better than him. good.

The stats he is proud of, not to mention being placed in the entire league, even the first draft cannot be overwhelmed, so how can he be convinced by the MVP?

James has always believed that he is the best one, even Mo Wen and Wade "successful" faster than him, after breaking through the first round, this belief became more and more firm.

The success of a group is not completely equivalent to individual strength.

If the rules of basketball were only one-on-one, he was confident that he would not be weaker than Mo Wen and Wade.

However, the NBA is not a street ball bullfight. No matter how confident he is, he has to admit that the combination of Mo Wen and Wade is better than him.

Coupled with the Heat's star teammates that he could see in magazines every day when he was in high school, there is no need to say more about how terrifying it is.

During the regular season, after the Heat DJ read the names of the starting players, the fighting spirit of the players on the weak teams can be reduced by more than half.

But he is not the one who can be easily handled last year, or his teammates are no longer those who did not deserve names in basketball novels last year!

After some self-produced and sold chicken soup, the cheered-up A-Zhan approached Reed.

The game is the next day, and there is still time to train tonight.

And when Reid heard that Azhan was going to take him to play, he was also quite excited.

Put on the "big gold chain and small watch" and prepare to go to Miami Beach to "sprinkle the money to the white girl"

But who would have imagined that in the lobby of the hotel downstairs, Ah-Zhan had already put on his sportswear, and was covering his pair of "devil horns" with a headband in front of the mirror.

"What'up, bro? What's up, why are you still wearing tracksuits?"

"Ah? What party? You have a date?" A-Zhan was also a little puzzled when he saw Reed's sloppy playing.

"Didn't you ask me to go to the party so late, maybe you still want to take me...to training?"

Seeing Azhan nodding, Reed felt a little bit broken.

No, buddy, you don't really want to win, do you?
Didn't you fucking want to take the lead in surrendering during the regular season?

Just won the first round, and didn't even drink the celebration wine, can't it?

……

5 month 7 number.

The Miami fans who applauded Iverson in the last round did not treat Ajan with the same courtesy.

The league has repeatedly hinted that Ajan may win the MVP this season, making Miami fans feel quite uncomfortable.

According to the Miami media, it is-please name the worst MVP candidate and explain why it is LeBron James.

They played the strongest record in NBA history and created what may be the most insurmountable record in NBA history.

Then you tell them that the best, most dominant player of the season was on a Cavaliers team they swept in the regular season?
Blame the damn capital!
shh~~~
Today's DJ also had a whole job. When introducing a few leading players, he also specifically mentioned the ranking on the regular season MVP list.

This is to publicly alienate the friendship between their 03 brothers!

The bait was straight and salty, but he succeeded.

At first, he was thinking about playing with A-Zhan, but in the end, Mo Wen and Wade gave him a decent look.

There is no need to communicate, after two years, the two of them still have this tacit understanding.

Anthony, who came to "vacation" again, did not feel much jealousy towards Mo Wen and Wade after hearing the news, but instead targeted the curse on James.

Facing a champion like Mo Wen Wade, he can still use the excuse that they all rely on their teammates to be strong.

But James, who had been on the same page with him before, suddenly made it to the second round this year and won the best first team, and even when he won the top personal honor of MVP, the strong sense of deceit and betrayal was like that of a college entrance examination. Watching you play like crazy and tell you that he recommends 985, it is completely unacceptable!

Waiting for the opening performance to end, the big screen on the court also released the starting list of both sides.

Heat: Mo Wen, Wade, Finley, Haslem, O'Neal;

Cavaliers: Eric Snow, Reed, James, Drew Gooden, Big Z;

"I think everyone has heard enough bad-mouthing about the Knights in the past two days, and now I have a piece of data in my hand, which can just provide you with a diametrically opposite data."

Reggie Miller waved a stat sheet in TNT's commentary booth.

"What data?"

"If you calculate the salaries of the two teams based on the personnel above, you will find that the starting salary of the Heat is 400 million lower than that of the Cavaliers."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was refuted by Barkley.

"It doesn't make sense, Reggie, you can't just use his current salary to calculate the value of a player, just like the IRS (Federal Revenue Service) not only cares about how much money you put in the stock market, but also how much you earn. Same."

"Mo's next contract, Wade's next contract, and the salary that the Mavericks still pay Finley, if you calculate according to this method, the value of the Heat's starting lineup is also close to the Knicks' bench. !"

(James Dolan: Hitman, big job, thanks.)
In the center of the court, players from both sides took their positions, and the fans also kept "defence" in their mouths.

However, today's guest, Big Z, is also polite.

Running for the principle of fairness and justice, not comparing talent to technology.The two floor players stepped on soda cans and had a jump ball duel that couldn't be called passion.

Got it!

Mo Wen didn't have time to be amazed with the audience on the sidelines, trotted for two steps with the ball, then accelerated to speed up, seized the Cavaliers' neutral position, passed through the crowd, rushed into the inside lane in front of everyone, and made a throw .

2: 0.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, A-Zhan straightened his face, got up to [-] points, took the basketball from his teammates, and let's go!
But before he could take two steps, Mo Wen appeared in front of him.

Just as he instinctively evaded the ball, Wade also appeared from the side, a pair of black hands stretched towards the basketball under the palm of James.

Ah Zhan was startled when he noticed something.

Isn't that right, you're going to fuck him when you come up?

Can't play fancy dribbles, and can't find room to accelerate. Seeing that the two "thieves" are about to become "thieves", A-Zhan can only distribute the ball to Reed who is next to him.

As it turns out, multiplayer sports really aren't something you can play whenever you want.

It was rare for Reed to hold the ball in the first round. Fearing Wade's speed of returning to defense, he did not choose to shoot directly from outside the three-point line. Haslem, who made up the defense, made an easy layup with a small rebound.

As a good brother of Azhan, being able to be inside and outside is the basic requirement.

2: 2.

good start!
Ajan shook his fist.

Although he didn't assist on this ball, he attracted the defense of the Heat when he held the ball, making a great contribution!
Back to the Heat's round.

Mo Wen held the ball, and A-Zhan also took the initiative to defend it.

Although Snow had the same salary as Mo Wen, no one would think that he could guard against Mo Wen.

Once served as Iverson's right-hand man, Snow averaged 76 points and 13 assists per game in the last two years of the 7ers. The riding manager felt that he could help Ajan to share the pressure, so he signed him in the middle class.

But don’t look at Snow playing next to Iverson, always without the ball in his hand, just think that he is playing without the ball. He is more of a ball-holding style of play, but most of the time he will pass the ball to Ivers. Sen let him end, and his shooting ability is very average. In his early years, he had a long shot. Not only did he not practice it as he got older, but it got worse.

So...Snow in the Cavaliers is now playing a first-hand defense and a transition role in fast breaks.

But today it seems that it is not easy to find his position on the defensive end.

"Bread" Brown didn't want to play him, but the Cavaliers' swingman position is not very reliable.

Both A-Zhan and Reed are the ones who spend the most of their playing time. Even if there are rookies, they have no chance to practice.

Damon Jones, who came out of the Heat, has a three-pointer that can help the Cavaliers open up space.

But with the size of Damon Jones... Is it pitiful to play with old teammates?

Mo Wen glanced at it, and after a little distance from Wade, a fake and sudden pass sent the ball to Wade's hands.

This is their strategy set before the game.

Instead of consuming A-Zhan, get rid of A-Zhan's helper first.

What bad intentions can they have, they just want Ajan to "disappear" in the game.

Reid can barely stand up to Wade in terms of tonnage, but in terms of defensive skills, it goes without saying after the sentence "Guru Ray Allen", he understands everything.

Wade just imitated a little clumsily the way Mo Wen used to play tricks on him. He turned his back and swayed twice. It was a bit stuck and fake, but he still tricked Reed.

Twist and take a step.

Big Z made up for it, and he didn't panic, so he distributed it to Ao Pang.

The shark came out of the water, pushed the big Z and easily scored the ball.

And when Ajan tried to get the ball from Snow again, Wade double-teamed him again.

Hello, robbery.

(End of this chapter)